See the marginal referenc. Elam answers to the country known to the Greeks and Romans as Elymais, near Persia and Media. The Elamites were a fierce and warlike people. In the records of Assurbanipal his final triumph over Elam seems to have been one of his proudest boasts. Elam no doubt in the decline of Assyrian power again asserted its independence and was again crushed by the Chaldaean conqueror.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 24. There is Elam] The Elamites, not far from the Assyrians; others think that Persia is meant. It was invaded by the joint forces of Cyaxares and Nebuchadnezzar.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

Elam; the Persians, and their great, famous kings, who lived in former days. All her multitude: see Eze 32:22,23.

All of them slain: see Eze 32:22.

Gone down: Eze 32:21.

Uncircumcised: see Eze 32:21.

The nether parts of the earth: see Eze 32:18.

Their terror: see Eze 32:23.

Their shame God and man poured contempt upon them, and punished them for their pride, and turned their glory into shame, whose vices and miscarriages are more remembered than their noble facts and glorious achievements.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

24. Elamplaced next, ashaving been an auxiliary to Assyria. Its territory lay in Persia. InAbraham’s time an independent kingdom (Ge14:1). Famous for its bowmen (Isa22:6).

borne their shamethejust retribution of their lawless pride. Destroyed byNebuchadnezzar (Jer49:34-38).

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave,…. The kingdom of the Medes and Persians lying in ruin, and the potent kings thereof in the state of the dead; with their army, as the Arabic version, slain and destroyed, and placed round about the grave of the king of Persia; for of him rather it is to be understood than of the king of Assyria, or of Egypt, as some:

all of them slain, fallen by the sword; either of the Scythians in the reign of Cyaxares; or of Nebuchadnezzar a few years before this, in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah; see Jer 49:34:

which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth; unholy persons, profane sinners, destitute of the grace of God; who were gone down into the grave, and even into hell and everlasting destruction, as their sins deserved:

which caused their terror in the land of the living; made a great noise in the world, and struck a panic in neighbouring nations, invaded and conquered by them; this they did while living, but now, being in the state of the dead, nothing was to be feared from them: yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit; were obliged to submit to death, and a shameful one, by the hands of their conquerors, and to be laid with ignominy in the grave with others, without any mark of distinction; all being upon a level, cast into the same pit of destruction, and into the lower parts of it; though their king might have a magnificent sepulchre erected for him, as follows:

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(24) There is Elam.Jeremiah had already prophesied against Elam twelve years before (Jer. 49:34). Elam is substantially equivalent to Persia, and had been repeatedly conquered by Assyria and Chalda. It was a fierce and warlike nation, and its soldiers had long served in Nebuchadnezzars army. It was by the aid of Persia that he had succeeded in overthrowing Assyria. It was by a subsequent union of the same Power with the Medes that the Babylonian power was overthrown. Not until after that union did Persia become a very prominent nation. It continued a great Power until its conquest by Alexander. The prophet is therefore anticipating the events of the future when he represents Elam as already in the pit. But, as before said, his thought looks on to the ultimate result, without making prominent the comparative dates of the future. It is possible, however, so far to separate Elam from Persia as to look upon the former as one of those nations out of whose ruins the latter arose, and in this case Elam was already past. The former interpretation seems preferable.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

“There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave. All of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. They have prepared her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are round about her, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword. For their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. He is put in the midst of those who are slain.”

Elam were an ancient people east of Babylon, known for their warlikeness and had been part of the Assyrian empire. They were probably prominent as bowmen in assisting the Assyrians against Israel for Jeremiah calls down judgment on them (Jer 49:34-38). They survived better than Assyria the effects of the Babylonian invasion and were later strong enough to assist Cyrus in defeating Babylon. But they too had spread terror along with the Assyrians, and had suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar’s armies. Effectively that generation of Elam had joined Assyria in the world of the dead.

Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett

Eze 32:24. There is Elam, &c. The reader will observe, that the ideas in this description are taken from the manner in which the bodies were deposited in the Eastern sepulchres, concerning which we have spoken before. See Isai. chap. 14:

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

Eze 32:24 There [is] Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Ver. 24. There is Elam. ] The Persians, who in the reign of Cyaxares had been subdued by the Scythians, and slain in great number. Jer 49:34 , &c.

Into the nether parts of the earth. ] Into hell, as that rich glutton in Luk 16:23 , where our Saviour seemeth to allude to this place, a

Yet have they borne their shame. ] Carried the matter of it to hell with them, where is perpetual shame and confusion, beside the vexing snuff they have left behind them upon earth.

a Jun.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Eze 32:24-25

24Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the land of the living and bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit. 25They have made a bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword (although their terror was instilled in the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; they were put in the midst of the slain.

Fuente: You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley

Elam: Gen 10:22, Gen 14:1, 1Ch 1:17, Jer 25:25, Jer 49:34-39, Dan 8:2

which are: Eze 32:18, Eze 32:21, Eze 26:20

which caused: Eze 32:23

borne: Eze 32:25, Eze 32:30, Eze 16:52, Eze 16:54, Eze 34:29, Eze 36:6, Eze 36:7, Eze 36:15, Eze 39:26, Eze 44:13, Jer 3:24, Jer 3:25, Hab 2:16

Reciprocal: Ezr 4:9 – Elamites Eze 28:10 – the deaths Eze 31:18 – thou shalt Eze 32:19 – with Eze 32:22 – General Eze 32:26 – all of

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Eze 32:24. There is Elam means that she Is another country that had gone down Into the pit of forgetfulness. This nation was located in the neighborhood of Assyria and Persia and it was at one time an important power. See verse 21 for the explanation of

uncircumcised, and verse IS for the meaning of nether.

Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary

Eze 32:24-25. There is Elam and all her multitude Which was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar: see note on Jer 49:36. The nations mentioned in this and the following verse were probably confederates with the Assyrians, and fell when they did. Which caused terror yet have they borne their shame They have been shamefully subdued, and have lost their lives and glory together, as Asshur did before them. They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain, &c. Elam and her people have gone down to the state of the dead, among those who have fallen by the sword. The word bed is used for the grave, Isa 57:2, and may, in both places, allude to the costly monuments, or sepulchres, which used to be erected for persons of great quality. Her graves are round about him The king and people are involved in the same common destruction.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

32:24 There [is] {o} Elam and all her multitude around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the {p} living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

(o) Meaning the Persians.

(p) Whom in his life all the world feared.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes

The Elamites, another formerly mighty people who lived east of Babylonia, were also in the grave having died in warfare (cf. Jer 49:34-38). The people from this region later became a significant part of the Persian Empire, but the Elamite kingdom of former years is in view here. Ashurbanipal the Assyrian had destroyed Elam about 645 B.C. Both the Assyrians and the Elamites did not practice circumcision, and now the Egyptians, a circumcised people, would join them in the same grave. The end of Egypt would be no different or better even though they considered themselves superior to the uncircumcised nations of the world (cf. Gal 5:6).

Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)